http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/raise
1: to cause or help to rise to a standing position
2a : awaken, arouse b : to stir up : incite c : to flush (game) from cover d : to recall from or as if from death
3a : to set upright by lifting or building b : to lift up c : to place higher in rank or dignity : elevate d : heighten, invigorate e : to end or suspend the operation or validity of
4: to get together for a purpose : collect
5a : grow, cultivate b : to bring to maturity : rear c : to breed and bring (an animal) to maturity
6a : to give rise to : provoke b : to give voice to
7: to bring up for consideration or debate
8a : to increase the strength, intensity, or pitch of b : to increase the degree of c : to cause to rise in level or amount d (1) : to increase the amount of (a poker bet) (2) : to bet more than (a previous bettor) e (1) : to make a higher bridge bid in (a partner's suit) (2) : to increase the bid of (one's partner)
9: to make light and porous
10: to cause to ascend
11: to multiply (a quantity) by itself a specified number of times
12: to bring in sight on the horizon by approaching
13a : to bring up the nap of (cloth) b : to cause (as a blister) to form on the skin
14: to increase the nominal value of fraudulently
15: to articulate (a sound) with the tongue in a higher position
16: to establish radio communication with
intransitive verb
1dialect : rise
2: to increase a bet or bid

Weder mein pers. Sprachgefuehl, noch der M-W deutet darauf hin, dass "raise" in irgendeiner seiner Bedeutungen mit "abbrechen" uebersetzt werden koennte.

Falls ich hier etwas uebersehe, bitte ich um Korrektur. Ansonsten loeschen.